"One of her examples: If immigrants were deported—Trump is proposing massive deportations—what would it mean for her grocery bill and access to food."
Vance goes on to explain what happened in Alabama when that state passed its anti-immigrant bill. Immigrant laborers left the state, crops rotted in fields, and food prices shot way up. This reduced the state's GDP dramatically.
Performative cruelty may be immediately satisfying, but it exacts a price.